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doc/instances_console: Tweak wording on SPICE clients
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Closes #928

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Graber <[email protected]>
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stgraber committed Jun 10, 2024
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An additional advantage is that the console is available even if the `incus-agent` process is not running.
This means that you can access the VM through the console before the `incus-agent` starts up, and also if the `incus-agent` is not available at all.

To start the VGA console with graphical output for your VM, you must install a SPICE client (for example, `virt-viewer` or `spice-gtk-client`).
To start the VGA console with graphical output for your VM, you must install a SPICE client.
Incus supports two common clients:

- `remote-viewer` (often part of the `virt-viewer` package)
- `spicy` (part of the `spice-client-gtk` or `spice-gtk-tools` package)

Then enter the following command:

incus console <vm_name> --type vga

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